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Productivity

Teach the World to Respect Your Time

If you don't believe your time is valuable, why should anyone else?

Devices

Why Just Having Your Phone Near You Messes With Your Brain

Flipping it over or putting it on silent won't cut it, according to a study.

Productivity

A Guide to Reducing Unneeded Distractions and Time-Sucks so You Can Be More Productive

It may seem like everything is coming at you all at once, but you have more control over the influx than you realize.

Productivity

Why You Are Losing 10 IQ Points Every Time This Happens

You might even be better off smoking marijuana at work or missing a night's sleep.

Growing a Business

Where Are You Gonna Work Today? The Death of the 8-Hour Desk.

Have you considered having your office receptionist do double duty as your company barista?

Productivity

5 Tips for Staying Focused on What Matters When You Work From Home

Time management becomes even more important when you're surrounded with at-home distractions.

Living

Having Trouble Focusing? You Could Be Facing 1 of These 7 Problems

Even with a task as simple as reading, the mind wanders 115 to 20 percent of the time. So, clean up your act.

Social Media

Avoid These Social Media Apps to Stay Constructive At Work

At present, social media apps are considered as the biggest reason for creating distractions at the workplace.

Lifestyle

Is Smartphone a Necessity, a Boon or a Curse for Entrepreneurs?

Despite their usefulness, smartphones are considered the biggest distraction in office

Lifestyle

Avoid These Distractions at Workplace to Stay Focused

This will help you think constructive, work smart and focus on important issues that were ignored earlier

Technology

These Start-ups are On a Mission to Make Indian Roads Safer

Their apps have special features to help you with direction and provide emergency assistance in case of accidents

Leadership

3 Major Distractions in Your Workplace (and How to Beat Them)

Are you setting goals that are simply too ambitious? This is one of the things that can distract employees big-time.

Science & Technology

Are Our Smartphones Actually Making Us Dumb?

A new study finds that our devices affect our focus, even when we aren't using them.

Leadership

How to Love That Product You're Developing -- Realistically

Successfully executing your idea requires staying faithful to your vision -- and taming that wandering eye.

Productivity

5 Mind Hacks Silicon Valley Founders Use to Stay Focused

The people working hard on the technology that distracts know better than anybody the value of sustained concentration.